Cattle food.



U lS'ITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

EDWARD S. DAVIS, JR., OF MONTROSE, KANSAS.

CATTLE FOOD.

No Drawing.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, Enwaan S. DAVIS, Jr., a citizen of the United States, residing at Montrose, in the county of Jewell and State of Kansas, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Cattle Food, of which the following is a specification, reference being had therein to'the accompanying drawing.

This invention relates to a compound for preventing or minimizing the loss of flesh or weight of cattle and hogs in shipment.

My improved compound is fed to animals just before shipment, and I have found by experience that the food prevents scouring and shrinking in weight while. the animals or stock are in transit.

The compound consists of 847 old processed flax-seed meal, 10'] common salt, and ti /1 pulverized alum. thoroughly mixed. preferably, in a dry state or condition.

The compound is com mratively inexpensive to prepare. owing to the ingredients used, and yet a very valuable food is pro duced. which has stimulating or nutritious ingredients owing to the exact combination used.

From extensive experience with my im proved food. I find that it is an antishrink food, because of the fact that the animals do not. materially lose their weight in transit, as is usually the case, for it is Specification of Letters Patent. Patented Feb, 15, 1910:

Application filed July 3, 1909. Serial No. 505,858.

well known that stock is often not fed or watered while confined in limited'quarters,

as box'cars and stock yards.

By old processed oil-meal, I'refer to the meal that is made from flax-seed b grinding or pressing the oil from the see Instead of extractin the oil by the use 0 acids; the use of acid in the extractin of the oil makes the meal or the by-proiluct undesirable for a food. By means of this food compound scouring of stock during transportation is prevented. This scouring is caused by excitement of the stock'in transit rendering them feverish and in many f cases unfit for food when slaughtered.

What I claiin as new and desire to secure.

by Letters Patent is: v

1'. A cattle food compound, consistingpf 84% oil expressed flax-seed meal, aszhereirrf. described, 10% common salt, and 6% 5111 rerized alum.

2. An improved stock food compound, consisting of oil'expressed flax-seed meal, as herein set forth, pulverized alum, and com mon salt thoroughly mixed, substantially in 

